May 27, 2021
Renderings of Bentley Companies’ proposed Tremont Nail Factory development. Photos courtesy: Bentley Companies
Members of the Wareham Redevelopment Authority. From left to right: Judith Whiteside, Ken Buckland, Peter Teitelbaum, Richard Swenson and Derek Sullivan.
Those interested in learning about the future of the Tremont Nail Factory should mark their calendars for Thursday, June 17 at 7 p.m. or Saturday, June 19 at 9:30 a.m.
Bentley Companies the newly selected master developer of the Tremont Nail Factory Property and the Wareham Redevelopment Authority plan to hold two outreach events to discuss plans for the Tremont property.
The outreach meetings will be held on the site, in the factory’s “Freight Building,” which has electricity and has been used for events such as the “Meet Me At the Tremont” gala.
Renderings of Bentley Companies’ proposed Tremont Nail Factory development. Images courtesy: Bentley Companies
After minimal additional discussion during the board’s April 27 meeting, the Board of Selectmen voted to approve awarding Bentley Companies the title of master developer for the Tremont Nail Factory property.
Bentley Companies, a Rhode Island-based operation, presented its vision for the Tremont site to the Wareham Redevelopment Authority and to the Board of Selectmen earlier this year. In mid-March, the Redevelopment Authority recommended that the selectmen choose Bentley Companies as master developer for the site.
Bentley Companies’ plan envisions the site with office space, retail establishments and a brewery or restaurant of some sort. The developer’s vision also includes a waterfront community park complete with a pier, boardwalk and kayak rentals.
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Bentley Companies’ master plan diagram for the Tremont Nail Factory property.
Bentley Companies, a Rhode Island-based operation and the potential master developer for the Tremont Nail Factory property, presented its vision for the Tremont property to the Wareham Redevelopment Authority on Feb. 11.
Bentley Companies said it sees the site as one with the potential for office space, retail establishments and a brewery or restaurant of some sort. The developer’s vision also includes a waterfront community park complete with a pier, boardwalk and kayak rentals.
The proposal is one step toward the town’s goal of redeveloping the Tremont Nail property, which was originally built in the 19th century. Steel cut nails were manufactured on site in the “steel building” as recently as 2006. Wareham bought the Tremont Nail property in 2004 using Community Preservation Act funds, citing its historic importance to the town. Today, the property consists of multiple unused buildin